AudioQuest Yosemite Interconnect Cable - 3.5mm to RCA

Yosemite Adds the 72v DBS to AudioQuest's 3.5mm-to-RCA Range

A 3.5mm-to-RCA interconnect lets a source built around a small headphone-style jack — a phone, portable player, or compact streamer — feed a stereo system's RCA inputs directly, with no separate adapter in the signal path. What separates a premium cable from a bargain one is conductor quality and shielding against outside noise.

AudioQuest's Yosemite pairs Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors with FEP Air-Tube insulation, Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation and a 72v Dielectric-Bias System (72v DBS) in a Green/Black Braid jacket, the same construction philosophy as Angel, built around copper rather than silver conductors. It sits above Sydney and below Angel.

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ Conductors

AudioQuest says Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries and surface discontinuities, the same conductor grade used in Big Sur and Sydney. Yosemite's FEP Air-Tube insulation keeps almost no contact between conductors and insulation.

Carbon-Based Dissipation and a 72v Bias System

Yosemite's Carbon-Based 3-Layer Noise-Dissipation is the same shielding combination AudioQuest uses on Angel. AudioQuest's 72v DBS saturates and polarizes the insulation for clearer sound with reduced background noise, positioning Yosemite as Angel's construction philosophy built on copper instead of silver.

The Connectors, Explained

Yosemite ends in a 3.5mm mini plug on the source side and a stereo pair of RCA plugs on the amplifier side, cold-welded and direct-silver-plated pure red copper terminations with no underlying nickel layer.

Who Is This Interconnect Best For?

• You want Angel's air-tube and Carbon-Based construction philosophy without stepping up to silver conductors — Yosemite carries that same approach, plus the 72v DBS, on Perfect-Surface Copper+ instead
• Your source has only a 3.5mm output and your amplifier only takes RCA — Yosemite bridges that mismatch with no separate adapter
• You are feeding a reference-level portable or desktop source and want a step above Sydney — Yosemite adds FEP Air-Tubes, Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation and the 72v DBS
• You want a bias-system cable at a lower cost than Angel's silver conductors allow — Yosemite carries the same 72v DBS on copper instead of silver
• Your budget stops at Sydney's price and that tier already covers your gear — AudioQuest Sydney is the lower-priced cable one rung down

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Plug the 3.5mm end into your source's headphone or line-out jack, and the two RCA plugs into the matching RCA inputs on your amplifier or receiver, matching red to red and white/black to white/black.

Then power up the system as usual.

Pairs Well With

A 3.5mm-to-RCA interconnect is one link between a source and an amplifier or receiver. It usually joins these categories.

• Music Streamers — many portable and desktop streamers use a 3.5mm output
• Headphone Amplifiers — a common source for a 3.5mm line-level feed
• Digital-to-Analog Converters — some compact DACs use a 3.5mm output instead of RCA
• Stereo Amplifiers — the usual destination for the RCA end of this cable

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this cable have a 3.5mm plug on one end and RCA plugs on the other?

Many portable players, phones, and compact streaming devices only offer a single 3.5mm headphone-style output, while most home amplifiers and receivers expect a stereo pair of RCA inputs; this cable bridges that one mismatch without an extra adapter.

Does direction matter when I connect this cable?

AudioQuest controls the directional grain structure of its conductors so induced noise drains away from the circuits it would otherwise disturb; where AudioQuest marks a direction on the cable, connect it running from source toward amplifier as marked.

How does Yosemite compare to Angel?

Both share the same FEP Air-Tube insulation, Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation and 72v DBS. Angel uses Perfect-Surface Silver conductors; Yosemite uses Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors without the silver, at a different price point.

Is Yosemite balanced or unbalanced?

Unbalanced. This is a single-ended connection on both ends, not a balanced connection.

Is there a step up?

AudioQuest Angel is the next rung above Yosemite. It also has the 72v DBS, with solid Perfect-Surface Silver conductors and a Silver/Black Braid jacket.

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